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BILLIARD on TIP FASTENBR.

No. 301,284. Patented July'l, 1884.

INVE? f '6 BY M ATTUR Ys WITNESSES UNITED STATES PAIENT OFFICE.

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BlLLlARD-CUE-TlP FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part: of Letters Patent No. 301284, dated July 1, 1884.

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iie it known that l, (HARM-ls Senna, 0t

iruuklyn, ruunty of Kings, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Imprm'i-ments in l'iilliaivl-Uur lip l asteners, at which the t'ollnwing is a spta'itication.

This invention has relirenre to an improved tlt'YlLi iur tastcningtheleatherlips to hilliartl- (HIPS. the tltfvll'tf being nnulrsimple and cheap in eenstruetion aml ailaptetl t'nr billiard-cues nl'any thickness; and the inventinn consists of a wedge-shaped main piei-e ul'V-shapeil crosssartien, saiil main pita-e lniving an abutment at. the eml. that presses the leather tip on the ene, aml at a fastening-ring in part. of segmental and in part at angular shape, said ring lurking; lln' wellge-sha wrl main piece and the Hit rightly tngetln-r, s0 that tlutip is held in posilluu at the end at the ear.

in the. at-eltnnpanying drawings, Figurei represents a Sltlt rlevatinn of my improved lastrner l'urbilliaril-i-ne tips, shnwnasapplied to a billiard-cue. Fig. 2 is an end elevation at the tastening-pirti-e detached from the cue. Fig. 5% is a horizontal section on line 3', Fig. l; aml Fig. l is a plan ui'a mmlilietl form of the tasteninga-ing.

Similar letters at rt-t'erenre inilieate currespomling parts.

in the drawings represents a billiartlruc, :llltl n the leather tip that is tohe glued to the eml at the same. The t'astener l; consists (if a werilgesha petl nrai n pieee nt'su it able cast. metal amt ot' a installing-ring, t. The main pieee iis llltltlt' 0t V-shapeil eress-seetinn, so as to form tlaring siile ('heeks. M1, that bear against the ('ll(l utthe rue i\. .\n alrutlnent. (I, that is ('ast integral with the main pit'tft 3, extends at l'lghl angles to the inner (till ut the same, anil is plaeeil nver the tip a alter the same is glut-ll en the tlltl at the rue. The retaining ring is math ul' suitable east metal 01' seg 1 mental shap -ai that siilethati passes ever the true aml at angnlaror V shape at theothersiile that passes over the weilgesshaped main pieee l1. liy pressing tirsl theabutmf-nt 1/ liver the (N0 ll ulll} tip a aml then pushing the ring turwaril over the main pieee l3 anti one A, the fastener and tip are rigitlly hehl in position on the cue Olltl until the glue has tlrieil, when the fastener is removed. The ring 1 may be an entirely closed ring. as in l ig It, or partlyopen atone side, as shown in Fig. 4. 'Jhatportionwhich bears against the one is made wider than the angular portion 01' the ring, the wiilerpmtion being nnulc slightly tlarin at the inner surface sn as in mrrespnnil in the taper at the cue.

The Fastener, being entirely 01' cast metal. can be furnished very Cheaply. asthereare nn screw-sockets. and is ailaptetl tbruse with any thiclznt-ss et' ene.

llaving'thus described my invention, ielaim as newaiul ilesireinsecure by Letters latent l. A billiartlrue-tip fastener consisting at a \veilge-shapial main piece nt'V-shaped crosssection, said main phi-e0 having a laterallyt-xtentling abutment at the thinner entl, and of a fastening-ring that StfllllCSlllt main piece to the cue, substantially as set t'nrth.

L. hilliaril-eue-tip fastener consisting at a. wedge-shaped main pieee having an abutment'at the thinncreml aml llarin sitlerheeks. :llltl ut'a lnstening-ring in part (if segmental shape and in part 0tangularshape, suastniit over the (rue aml main pie: lillll leek them tngethi-r, substantially as set faith.

3. A hilliaril-t'ue-tip fastener (UllSlSllIlg at a \ve lgeshapml main pieer having flaring siile cheeks and an abutment at the thinner tlltl, and (it a t'asteningring ]illltlt partly in the shape 01' an enlarged segment having an inner slightly-flaring surface, aml partly ul angular or V shape. substantially as set forth.

lnl t'stinmnythat l ('lailnthethregningasnrv invention 1 hay"- signml my llilltlt' in prest-nee ul' tu H subsi-ribing witnesses.

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